What’s Happening in Romance: August 28th 2014

Hello All! I’ve been out sick for a bit but I’m back and I’m trying something new. This week I’m doing a video post instead of my usual format. Links to the Movers & Shakers can be found below the video as well as the usual synopsis of information I usually provide. I’m also answering some interesting reader questions so sit back, relax, and enjoy the melodic tones of my voice ;).

Amazon’s Pre-Order Bomb

Small presses and independent publishers rejoiced this week when Amazon announced that they would now offer the “Pre-Order” button. Until this announcement only big publishers and some select big name self-publishers had this option. This seems to be a game changer for many authors so expect to see a lot of your favorite indie authors and presses offering pre-order books.

Kindle Unlimited

So Amazon has dipped their toes in the subscription book lending market with their new program, Kindle Unlimited. Oyster and Scribd are already big in this field so it will be interesting to see how this goes for Amazon. The jury is out regarding whether this is actually good for reader or authors. You can read more abut the program here.

Samsung makes Nookie with BnB

Samsung has gotten in bed with Barnes and Noble and has designed a Galaxy Tab Nook. I’m a huge Galaxy fan and was really excited when I heard this. The device is available now and retails starting at $179 USD. There’s no telling whether this will help revitalize this share of the market for BnB, but fingers crossed, because I hate to see a bookseller fail.

You can see more of the specs and ooh and ahh over the new device here.

Movers and Shakers

Beautiful Prey 2 by Phoenix Daniels

Follow newly married Victoria Storm as she prays for the life of her husband, Jack.

In the meantime, her good friend Natasha Walker takes over her duties as an undercover officer posing as a prostitute, while she deals with past issues and a new love interest.

Meet Gianni Storm, successful club owner and cousin to Jack Storm. He’s determined to conquer Natasha, but her dangerous job threatens to take her away.Amazon

Hard To Hold On To by Laura Kaye

Description:
Edward “Easy” Cantrell knows better than most the pain of not being able to save those he loves–which is why he is not going to let Jenna Dean out of his sight. He may have just met her, but Jenna’s the first person to make him feel alive since that devastating day in the desert more than a year ago.

Jenna has never met anyone like Easy. She can’t describe how he makes her feel–and not just because he saved her life. No, the stirrings inside her reach far beyond gratitude.

As the pair are thrust together while chaos reigns around them, they both know one thing: the things in life most worth having are the hardest to hold on to.Amazon

Her Russian Surrender by Theodora Taylor

Description:
Escape with a ruthless player tonight…

When Sam McKinley meets Nikolai Rustanov, it’s fire at first sight. A fire she runs away from as quickly as her heels can carry her.

All Sam has ever wanted was a nice, normal family with a nice, normal man. The arrogant Russian hockey player who claims he doesn’t believe in love right before he offers to “eat her for breakfast,” is about as far from that as a girl can get.

But some flames just won’t go out.

Sam is dead set on running. But Nikolai is determined to catch her, and when he does, he’ll do just about anything to make her surrender.Amazon

Love Notes and Football by Rhonda Laurel

Description:
New baby. New adventures. Love deluxe.

Philadelphia Titans quarterback Seth Blake couldn’t be happier. Toddler Jake is growing like a weed, and Seth’s wife Morgan is expecting another baby. He’s just signed a new contract to play football for five more years and has a plan for retirement. Things couldn’t be better…until an unexpected family crisis turns the world upside down for them all.

Morgan Blake is ecstatic to become a mom again. The bookstore owner is happily balancing work life, homelife, and love life while preparing for their new arrival. But the family is keeping a secret from her. And the secret will threaten the very happiness she’s worked so hard to find.Amazon

Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan

Description:
Nobody knows who Miss Rose Sweetly is, and she prefers it that way. She’s a shy, mathematically-minded shopkeeper’s daughter who dreams of the stars. Women like her only ever come to attention through scandal. She’ll take obscurity, thank you very much.

All of England knows who Stephen Shaughnessy is. He’s an infamous advice columnist and a known rake. When he moves into the house next door to Rose, she discovers that he’s also wickedly funny, devilishly flirtatious, and heart-stoppingly handsome. But when he takes an interest in her mathematical work, she realizes that Mr. Shaughnessy isn’t just a scandal waiting to happen. He’s waiting to happen to her…and if she’s not careful, she’ll give in to certain ruination.Amazon

Some Bookshelf Porn

This picture is from a REAL LIVE BOOKSTORE! *swoon* It had me at pink bookshelves then put a ring on it with that padded reading nook.Source

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Laurel Cremant is an opinionated author and reader of romance with a wicked sense of humor. RNIC was smart (or crazy) to bring her on as a blogger. Come back on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month to get her romance industry news…with a colorful twist.

Laurel Cremant is an opinionated author and reader of romance with a wicked sense of humor. RNIC was smart (or crazy) to bring her on as a blogger. In 2016 she took over the management of this site and relishes her new title of “Overlord of Awesome”

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I just finished watching the video! I personally loved it! Listening to you felt as if we were having a conversation. I vote you do these once a week. It’s always so much easier to share information when you talk versus writing, IMO I was thrilled you answered a couple of my questions. 🙂 I’m still a little confused about all the e-tailers and their platforms.

The one thing I don’t like about Kindle Unlimited is I don’t own the book and can’t upload it to different devices without having an app. It’s just my thing.

Thank you again for sharing! I appreciate this forum and would like to see it continue.

Thanks Belinda! I can definitely go into more detail regarding the different ebook retailers in a later post. I’ll even include charts, because I’m all about data 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed the video. We’ll see about how often I post a video, but it was an interesting experiment and fun to learn how. Now I know to using different lighting and a tripod 🙂

Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂 I like seeing IR/MC expand into more genres as well. As I mentioned in the video there are IR/MC writers in historical romance…Mercedes Keyes and Lisa G. Riley immediately come to mind.

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